A solitary colonist is mistaken for a hostile native by frightened descendants of earlier Earth settlers.

This X Minus One broadcast aired on September 26, 1957. NBC Radio Network carried the broadcast. The cast includes Alan Bergman, Charles Webster, Ellen Muir, James Dukas, and John Thomas. Other credited names include George Voutsas as director, William Welch as producer, William Welch as radio adaptor, and Fred Collins as announcer.

The surviving recording runs about 19 minutes.

This version dramatizes The Native Problem. Robert Sheckley is credited as author and William Welch adapted it for radio.

NBC's classic science-fiction anthology adapted stories by major genre writers and presented original scripts about space, aliens, future societies, technology, and the social consequences of scientific change.